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f NITED STATES.

PATENT OFFIC [WI'LLlAM LIVINGSTONE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSEDFVAND" LEWIS W. MAIRES, OF'SAME PLACE.

, SPECIFICATIbN forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,389, dated January 17, 1862.

Application filed Septembcr1,188l. (No model.) a

To all whom away concernr Be it known that I, WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE, of New York, in the countyand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful 5 Improvements in Boxes and Analogous Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

Myimprovements relate particularly to boxes and analogous receptacles made of card-board,

' 1o binders board, paper, and like thin and cheap materials; and the object of theim'provements is to strengthen and improve the appearance of said boxes and receptacles without increasing their cost, and to facilitate their packing for transportation.

My improvements consist in a box comprising a bottom, sides, and ends made of chrdboard, binders board, paper, or like material, metal corner-pieces afiixed thereto, and proto intermatch with the eyes or bearers of'ad- JdGEHlL corn'er-pieces,pins extending parallel with the bottom' and passing through the intermatched eyes or bearers, which are located at the junction of the bottom and endsor sides, and other pins extending at an angle to the bottom and passing through'the eyes or bearers of thecorner-picccs, which are located at thejunction of-the ends and sides, the whole being so combined and organized that the said p ns coact to secure the box in form, and the corner-pieces serve as a means of connecting the component parts of the box and strengthen 40 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the same spread out or extended.

, bimilar letters of reference designate corre n spondlng parts in both figures.

A designates the bottom, B designates the sides, and G designates the ends, of a box, all said parts being. made of card-board, binders or analogous thin and board, paper, wood I D designates corner-pieces applied to the thereto in the same manner as the corner-pieces D are secured to the sides of the box, through the agency of claws or prongs (1. These corher-pieces D and D are provided with eyes or bearers a, which intermatch, and which are adapted to receive pins or pintles a, extendfing parallel with the bottom, whereby they are united.

The endsare secured to the bottom of the box by corner-pieces E E,'fastened to the re- 'spective parts-byosimilar claws or prongs provided with similar eyes or bearers united by a pin in the same way. go vided with eyes or bearers, which are adapted The upright edges of the sides of the box are provided with corner-pieces F, and the upright edges of the ends of the box are provided with corner-pieces F, like those before described. These corner-pieces, like the others,are secured to their respective parts by clawsor prongs d d, and are provided with eyes or bearersa, which intermatch, and are united by pins a,

Which extend at an angle tothe bottom. These corner-pieces are preferably made of meta and they may have any ornamental outline, so as to enhance the appearance of the box. The several pairs of these corner-pieces constitute shields which strengthen the box and protect its corners. -It will be observed that the several pairs of shields are contiguous to each other, and that together they protect all the corners of the box.

It is obvious that my. improvements are adapted to various other'rci-eptacles.

The sides and ends of the box may be united to the bottom, and the upright edges of the sides and ends may be left unconnected. Then the box may be spread out, as shown in Fi 2, and with a number of others can be 001D pactly packed for shipment. They should be accompanied by a number of pins or pintles suitable for connecting theupright edgesof their sides and ends, and these may be fitted into the eyes or bearers of certain of the corher-pieces which are applied tothese edges.

On the arrival of the boxes at their destina tion the upright edges of the sides and ends of these boxes may easily be united.

lt isobvious that by my improvements I can produce a "cry strong box of fine appearance at a very low cost, and moreover a box which can be transported very cheaply.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A box comprising a bottom, sides, and ends, made of card-board, binders board, paper, or like material, metal corner-pieces affixed thereto and provided with eyes or bearers, which are adapted to interinatt-h with the eyes or bearers of adjacentcorner-pieces, pins extending parallel with the bottom and pass-, ing through the intermatched eyes or bearers which are located at the junction of the bottom and the ends or sides, and other pins extending at an angle to the bottom and passing through the ex es or bearers of the corner-pieces which are located at the junction of the ends and sides, the whole being so combined and organized that the said pins coact to secure the box in form, and the corner-pieces serve as a means of connecting the component parts of 2 5 the box and strengthen and protect them at the corners, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the bottom, sides, and ends A B 0 of the box, made of cardboard, binders board, paper, or like material, of corner-pieces D D E E F F, secured thereto by means of claws or prongs d d, and provided with interrnatched eyes or bearersa and pins 0, arranged parallel with and at an angle to the bottom, and adapted to be inserted through the intermatched eyes orbearers, substantially as specified.

WM. LIVINGSTONE.

Witnesses:

T. J. KEANE, FREnK. HAYNES. 

